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. GODFREY.

BUTTON.

(No Model.)

No. 498,712. Patented May 30, 1893.

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UNrTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY FANNY GODFREY, or LONDON, ENGLAND.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 498,712, dated May 30,1893. Application filed November 9. 1892- Serial No.451A55. (NomodeL)Patentedin England April '7, 1892, No. 6,'721.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARY FANNY GODFREY, spinster, a subject of the Queenof Great Britain, residing at 1 Clifton Villas, Hampton Hill, London, inthe county of Middlesex, England, have invented new and usefulImprovements in or Relating to Buttons, (for which I have obtainedLetters Patent in Great Britain, No. 6,721,.dated April 7, 1892,) ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in or relating to buttons.

In carrying this invention into practical effect I provide two disks ofmetal or other suitable material and connect them at their centers by ashort cylinder of lesser diameter. One of the said disks may be providedwith loops or eyes upon its periphery by means of which the device maybe secured to the fabric or' other material which is to be fastened bythe said device. The face of the said. disk which lies next the materialmay be roughened in order to afford a bettergrip or hold. In some casesI attach the device to the fabric by means of a separate disk which isplaced at the back of the fabric and rivet-ed, bolted, or otherwisesecured to one of the disks of the device through the material. In thisarrangement the central cylindrical portion of the device may be tubularin order to receive a stud projecting from the face of the disk placedbehind the fabric, the face of which disk may be roughened as and forthe purpose hereinbefore described. As an additional means ofsecuringthe device, the stud projecting from the aforesaid disk may extend rightthrough the device and be riveted over the front of the same. It isobvious that screws, or other fastenings may be employed instead of theriveted head hereinbefore described. The central cylindrical portion ofthe device may be plain or hollowed in form. In connection with thisbutton, a loop or eye is employed and is attached to one part of thegarment or other article to be fastened while the hereinbefore describeddevice is attached to the other part. This loop preferably consists of arod or bar bent in the form of afivesided figure such as would be formedby the addition of a triangle to one of the sides of a square. The sidelying between the two right angles of this loop is secured to the fabricby mally held apart by springs so that they lie around the centralcylindrical part of the button device at or near its end. WVhen a loopof this form is employed I prefer to thicken the edges of the disks ofthe button device on their inner sides. This may be done by attachingaring of semi-circular section to the disks.

In order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried intopractice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to theaccompanying sheet of drawings illustrative of the manner in which thisinvention may be carried into practice and in which Figures 1 and 2 areviews of the rear and front plates respectively. Fig. 3 is aside view ofa button made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 4. is a detail viewof the plate 6, having the central cylindrical portion and studsfinposition thereon. Figs. 5, 6, 10 and 11 are views of modificationsthereof. Fig. 7 is a side view of a button showing the ridge formed inthe outer disk. Figs. 7*, Sand 9-are views of fastening devices to beused in connection with said button.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, the device consists of two parts. Oneof these is shown at Figs. 2 and 3 and consists of two disks of metalor'other suitable material a, I), connected by a tubular cylindricalpart c, the disk b be ing provided with a number of loops or eyes at itsedge by means of which it may be socured to the cloth or other materiald. These loops may be attached to the material by stitching ifpreferred, but in the arrangement shown, studs f projecting from thedisk e (forming the second part of the device) placed atthe back of thematerial d, pass through the material and the eyes of the disk I) andare riveted over at their extremities to secure the whole of the partstogether as shown at Fig. 3. To afford a better hold on the fabric 61the faces of the disks b and e are roughened as shown at Fig. 1.

In order to render the device more firm and steady the plate 6 carries acylindrical projection g which is made to pass through the material andlie within the central cylindrical passage in the tubular portion casshown in Fig. 3. The outer end of the projection g may be riveted over,or screwed to receive a nut, or it may be otherwise formed to secure theparts together. Fig. 5 shows another means by which the back plate 6 maybe secured to the disk I). In this case a number of T-headed projectionsh are formed on the pe riphery of the disks e and Z) sewed togetherthrough the material as shown at Fig. 6.

As shown at Fig. 11 the disks a and b are made in one piece with thetubular portion 0, the projection g on the plate c being shaped toreceive a screwj by which the whole is secured together to the fabric(1. In this case the loops at the edge of the disk b are intended to besecured to the fabric by means of stitching, or. by studs through eyesas at Fig. 2.

Where it is intended that the hereinbefore described button device is tobe secured to a strap or band, as in the case of gentlemens braces,harness, &c., I form an eye of any suitable form upon one of the disksof the device. This form of my invention is shown at Fig. 7 of thedrawings, in which one of the said disks is extended on one side andslotted to form the said eye. In connection with the hereinbeforementioned button a loop or eye is employed and is attached to one partof the garment or other article to be fastened while the hereinbeforedescribed device is attached.

to the other. This loop preferably consists of a rod or bar bent intothe form of a fivesided figure as is shown at Fig.8 of the drawings.This loop is passed over the head or disk a and made to rest upon thecentral cylindrical portion 0 as is shown at Figs. 6 and 7.

With the arrangement shown at Fig. 11, the loop employed would be madeof cord or other similar material, the distance between the disks a andb being sufficiently great for the purpose. In order to retain thisloopin position Isometimes form it of aspring steel, brass, or other elasticmaterialof theform shownat Fig. 9 in end. elevation. An inspection ofthis figure will show that the material of which the loop is formed issplit longitudinally for a portion of its length and the split portionsseparated from one another so that they may normally bear against theinside of the disks a and b, as shown at Fig. 7. For use with this formof loop I sometimes hollow out the inner side of the disk-o as shown atFig. 7 so that a thicker ridge may be left at its edge to retain theloop in position. It will be seen that in drawing a loop toward thecenter button device the divided portion of the loop will be broughttogether. This however will separate, by its spring-like action when itreaches the interior of the button device and will there bear againstthe ends of the cylindrical portion as hereinbefore described. It isobvious that the loop in this arrangement will not readily leave thebutton device by reason of the expansion of the two parts of the same.For use with the form of the device shown at Fig. 3, I sometimes attachsprings 70, Fig. 8, to the inside of the loop to grip between them thecentral portionc of the button.

All the above described makes of the button device are intended for usewith a plain metal loop or one with either sort of spring attached to itas at Figs. 8 and 9, or a loop of cord, or other similar material.Unless a spring loop is used as shown at Fig. 9, or a loop of material,requiring a wide opening, the disks of any make of button would be asclose as possible together.

What I claim is 1. A button consisting of disks a. b. e. connected by acentral cylindrical portion, the third disk 6 located at the rear ofdisk I) in such manner as to form a space between them, one of saiddisks b. 6. being provided with projections or ears around its edgewhereby the button is secured to the fabric, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

2. A button consisting of two disks connected by a central cylindricalportion, projections or ears formed around the edge of the inner one ofsaid disks, the outer one of said disks being cut or curved out upon itsinner side to form a ridge therein,and means for securing said button tothe fabric substantially as described.

MARY FANNY GODFREY.

Witnesses:

H. CoULsoN,

54 Fleet St, London, E. O. THOMAS LAKE,

17 Gracechurch St, London, E. O.

